Dr. Eden is recognized internationally as an authority in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and Dr Vass helped establish the Fellowship program under Dr. Eden.

Dr. Vass then spent time with Professor Guy Vallancien and Bertrand Guillonneau at the Institut Mutualiste Mountsouris in Paris and also Dr. Inderbir Gill at the Cleaveland Clinic gaining further expertise in laparoscopic urology.

Upon returning to Australia he was appointed to the Royal North Shore, North Shore Private, The Mater and The Sydney Adventist Hospitals and was selected as a founding Urological and Robotic surgeon at Macquarie University Hopspital.

Dr Vass is a pioneer of laparoscopic Surgery in Australia:

The first surgeon to establish Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and had the largest experience.

One of the most experienced Laparoscopic Kidney surgeons for Renal Cancer and Pelvi-Ureteric junction obstruction

One of a few select surgeons to be accredited to perform Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy

Dr. Vass specialises in the minimally invasive treatment of prostate cancer and renal cancer utilizing both da Vinci robotic assisted and pure laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. He has one of the largest experience of laparoscopic radical and partial nephrectomy series in Australia.

He has also undergone specific training in minimally invasive stone treatments and the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia utilizing traditional Transurethral Resection of the prostate (TURP), Greenlight laser prostatectomy and 'Evolve' laser prostatectomy.